The army presses on andSuddenly picks up its pace toThat which is frighteningly rapidSapphire looks over his shoulderAt all the others running in terrorWhile Emerald keeps her eyes forwardsTensing for what has yet to come.

The army is a wave of hostile grays,Crimsons and blacks...Ice...But the fear instilled in their presenceStains the air heated

Emerald takes a step backBacking into Sapphire, loyally at her aidThe tremors of their mutual fearSlides down their bodies -Head to toes -Are they in an earthquakeOr is their fear the disaster?

The battalion aims their weaponsAt the unarmedEmerald and Sapphire just stand steadyAs the rest of the world cowersNo one understands what these two intend to doStanding and tremblingPerhaps too paralyzed to move?

The first shot fires, exploding the silenceShattering the airStriking first Emerald and taking her downBut piercing through her fragile existenceAnd erupting through Sapphire as well

Their color dims while the stream surrounding growsThe army marches closerTheir own color blending in with the seaAs they struggle to stay alive -Struggle for the sake of one another...The army, in their somber unisonLook down upon the dying victimsAnd aim to put them out of their misery.

But Sapphire will not die this wayAnd with his last strengthPulls a gun away andDestroys part of the armyCollapsing...Drifting away...

The battalion marches on.

The winds become stillConnected to those who lay upon the bedsOf life and instead expire...

But instead of expiration,They only met a restSleeping soundly and peacefullySide by sideAs what was fated them to be...

Sapphire wakes up firstGently bringing his arms around EmeraldRemembering the whole ordeal as a nightmareBut unwilling to believe.He held her protectively andClosed off his blue from the world.

The battalion marches on...About face...To target the living who were supposed toSupposed to not be...

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